Peace At Last' is all about a night where poor old Mr Bear just can't get to sleep! All through the night, we hear about the different noises and distractions that keep Mr Bear awake. Becca Marriott began her operatic career as a singer; performing numerous leading roles for OperaUpClose, The King's Head Theatre and Grange Park Opera (among others) to great critical acclaim. Peace At Last is a lovely picture book with rhyme, repetition and lots of familiar sounds, making it perfect for younger learners at the start of their reading journey. You can encourage children to read aloud and have fun making all the different noises - it's great phonics practice. 'Peace At Last' Activities Our range of Peace At Last activities are the perfect way to support children's learning in phonics, reading and communication skills.Created by teachers especially for younger learners, these Peace At Last activities engage children with reading and help turn this lovely picture book into a learning opportunity. Use the speech to rewrite the story in the form of a play script.?Can you act out the story with some friends?

Look at the use of capital letters in the story. Why has the author written some words in CAPITALS?

She has recorded and performed several operas in concert with Opera Rara including Semiramide, Il proscritto and La princesse de Trébizonde under the batons of Sir Mark Elder, Carlo Rizzi and Paul Daniel respectively. Jill Murphy wrote and published 'Peace At Last' in 1980 - it was her first book. You might know Jill Murphy as the author of the super popular "The Worst Witch" series. Between 2016 and 2018 she crafted new dramaturgies and libretti for three award winning and award nominated opera adaptations for The King's Head Theatre - La bohéme (Olivier Award nominated) Tosca (Off West End Award winner), and La Traviata (Off West End Award nominated). Find out about animals that are nocturnal. What do they do at night time? What do they do during the day? Find out why we need sleep. How does it help our bodies? What happens if we don’t get as much sleep as we need?

Mr Bear hears lots of sounds during the night. Can you find the words which describe these sounds? Can you think of any other words that describe a sound? Mr Bear eats a sandwich in the middle of the night. Write a set of instructions to teach someone how to make their own delicious sandwich.Design a machine that might help Mr Bear sleep. You could use this example from Wallace and Gromit to give you some ideas: Write a description of what it is like in your house at night. What does it look like? What does it sound like? What does it feel like?

Recent productions include 5 years with Spitalfields Music designing for the Musical Rumpus Programme, Maanika & the Wolf (Polka Theatre), The Bed for LAT (Offies 2020 finalist), My Mother Said I Never Should for Crucible, Sheffield Theatres & fingersmiths and Paper Aeroplane for Half Moon Theatre (Offies 2021 finalist). Sophia Lovell Smith studied Theatre Arts at Bretton Hall. She is a designer for theatre, opera, dance and interactive performance for children. Sophia has just designed SALT (Lighthouse, Poole & Angel Exit), The Worst Princess (Full House Theatre) and Little Angel Theatre (The Bed). In 2022 Sophia created Chasing Dots (MishMash Prods & RNS, Sage/The Glasshouse, Gateshead), Catch A Sea Star (Seaglass Arts) Handa’s Surprise (Little Angel Theatre) and Jina and the STEM Sisters (HMDT) and London Rhymes, a band making music for toddlers. Look at photographs of night time scenes (see Resources below).?Can you use these to draw / paint your own pictures of places at night? Mrs. Bear began to snore. \"SNORE,\" went Mrs. Bear. \"SNORE, SNORE, SNORE.\" \"Oh, NO!\" said Mr. Bear, \"I can't stand THIS.\" So he got up and went to sleep in Baby Bear's room.

About Jill Murphy

Teach your little ones all about this popular children's book with our range of Peace At Last activities and resources. Use role-play props and masks to bring this book to life. Your kids can have fun during class and at play, pretending to be Mr or Mrs Bear and making up their own noises. The moon is shown in a number of illustrations. Use a book about space to find out about the moon and how it affects us here on Earth. Watch this video which retells the story. Could you record your own voice reading the story with lots of expression? Can you write one of the stories in Mr. Bear’s newspaper? What news events might have taken place that day?